The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

""""18 INTRODUCTION.and Mother, and the garment of joy is placed uponyou, and the banquet of love is set before you, andyou receive the kiss of peace as a pledge of yourfiliation and adoption. One hearty embrace of yourtender Mother will compensate you for all thesacrifices you may have made, and you will exclaimwith the penitent Augustine:Too late have 1known thee, O Beauty, ever ancient and ever new ;too late have I loved thee."Should the perusal of this book bring one soulto the knowledge of the Church, my labor will beamply rewarded.Remember that nothingsalvation of your immortal soul ;is so essential as thefor what doth itprofit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose hisown soul ? Or what shall a man give in exchangefor his soul ?lLet not, therefore, the fear of offending friends and relatives, nor the persecution of men,nor the loss of earthly possessions, nor any othertemporal calamity, deter you from investigating andembracing the true religion. For our presenttribulation, which ismomentary and light, workethfor us above measure exceedingly an eternal weightof glory."3May God give you light to see the truth, and,having seen it, may He give you courage andstrength to follow it.1Matt. xvi. 26. II. Cor. iv. 17.